The Diary of Anne Frank

  • The Rupture is Here

    I am still haunted by reading “The Diary of Anne Frank” when I was twelve years old. (A past blog focused on my visit to Frank’s hiding place.) My father had recently passed away, and despite the comfort of family, I retreated to books. Like most readers of her published diary, I have asked the…

  • Anne’s Hiding Place

    I read The Diary of Anne Frank when I was twelve. I was deeply impacted by the personal story of an incomprehensible situation and ultimately, her tragic end. At the time, I slept in a room over the garage in my home, listening to records by Captain and Tennille, reading books like “Are you there,…